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Last week, news headlines were full of questions and confusion over gay marriage after two women, one of whom lives in the UK while the other lives in Florida, applied for a divorce in Canada. The women had been married in Canada in 2005, but since neither the USA nor the UK recognize gay marriage, they were unable to get a divorce in their own countries of residence when they split up in 2009. Since…

In family law matters, there is a presumption that a successful party is entitled to costs after each step in the case.  In order to determine which party, if any, is entitled to costs and the amount of such costs; the courts consider the following factors found in Rule 24 of the Family Law Rules:the importance, complexity or difficulty of the issues;the reasonableness or unreasonableness of each party’s behaviour in the case;the lawyer’s rates;the time…

With celebrity divorces all over the news, it sometimes seems like marriage just doesn’t mean that much anymore. After all, Kim Kardashian’s marriage to Kris Humphries lasted just 72 days, Katy Perry and Russell Brand are splitting up after barely a year of marriage while Drew Barrymore is engaged for the third time, her first marriages having lasted 2 months and 5 months respectively.While it may be easy to obtain a divorce, the consequences of…